@@UsagiElectric ✋ cool I admire you sir you are mega talented and I am 44 years old but when I was 18 I had to show my ID when I wanted to buy a beer because in the store they assessed me as 13 years old now I deal with pipe computers and I watch your videos with great pleasure they are very interesting👀⭐🏆⭐👍
@@UsagiElectric But you left us So Alone, which has affected my Self Esteem, but I am working on my Bad Habit but It'll be a Long Time before I can also Come out and Play! :D
Absolutely Nobody: Name three enthusiasms that have absolutely no overlap. Also nobody: Vintage computers, rabbit keeping, and Japanese culture. Usagi Electric: Hi!
Three of the four overlap for me even before being introduced to this channel. I did get really into fish keeping and visited some of the famous sites near Osaka, Nagoya and Ojiya. You could get yourself some serious heat stroke visiting in the summer though so make sure to bring plenty of liquids and a parasol because as ubiquitous as convenience stores are in Japan they don’t seem to be around when you really need them outside city centers. If you like race cars and exotics, head to Nagoya. I spent a year there and every day for several months walking to work downtown meant seeing different rare exotics being driven. A dealership a stones throw from my apartment had a 1974 Datsun that had run at Le Mans. An exotic car dealership had one of the fifty Maserati MC12s. While walking home from Kanayama, a gentleman had his garage door open and he was working on his De Tomoso Pantera and next to it a Lamborghini Countach. A final memory was again just walking to downtown Osaka I passed an open commercial garage where I saw a couple Ferrari 458 Italia GT3s being prepped. One more, I met a young man at a church meeting who was showing me how he used Gran Tourismo on his PSP to practice his lines at Suzuka where he drove for a GT team. A few weeks later after the F1 race he brought me a couple signatures of the F1 drivers.
Thanks! The Bendix G-15 was pretty much the entire reason we flew into Tokyo instead of direct to Nagoya, and boy am I glad I did. Seeing the Facom and Univac as well were both just stunning!
Second hand electronics in Japan is generally in very good condition IME, but, exactly as you say, the logistics of getting your haul home does temper the appetite! For radio amateurs looking for an excuse to go to Japan, I can solidly recommend JARL's HAM Fair, an annual event in August, with lots of rare second hand ham radio gear in superb condition.
Same here, even the stuff labelled as "Junk" often times just works when plugging in. You can find some wildly good deals, so much so that you run out of luggage space real quick, haha.
I have a few places I want to see in Japan as well; Mt Fuji, Kyoto, and definitely a day trip to Toyosato (yes, I'm one of THOSE anime fans). But I suspect I will never get to go.
20 years ago (time sure flies...) my partner and I went to Japan on a tour package. Back then I wasn't as into vintage computers and gaming as I am now, so I didn't go to any computer/hardware type places (also while our tour schedule did offer some flexibility, there just wouldn't have been enough time to go to every place I would have wanted to go.) I was (and still am) a huge anime fan though, so we did find some time to traipse through Akiba, which was absolutely amazing. (although since I wasn't as into retro back then, I didn't go to any of the retro gaming/hardware type stores like HARD-OFF, BEEP, etc.) It was the first, and so far only, time, I have ever traveled beyond my local area, and I had the time of my life, and I so desperately want to go back, especially now that I am into retro, and after watching videos such as yours and retrobits' (another TH-camr.)
Just came back from my occasional return to Japan a few days ago to be gifted this video today on my recommendations... I'm stunned on the fact I missed out on all of these thrift shops and museums while being there! Absolutely epic video as said. Next time I better go check those Hard Off thrift stores...
I love the travelogue style of this video, you should definitely do more of these whenever you visit Japan, this made my entire Sunday, thanks for sharing this 😎👍
Beautiful Bendix and FACOM, but the Univac takes the cake. I'm certain that the logic modules use thyratrons rather than regular single triodes. If you found a Wang in a Hard-Off, would it become Hard-On? There's just a ridiculous amount of cool vintage stuff inside, and now I guess Western retro tech youtubers affluent enough to travel to Japan are gonna raid them all, haha. I'd get lost in one of those places and not go out anytime soon. The Japanese counterpart of Ax-Man or Apex Electronics. And speaking of typewriters, I wonder if you spotted any Selectric. Of course you had to get those 6AU6! Marketed towards audiophiles. AS-A, a thing of beauty and a joy for ever! Good luck with the deep dive. I wonder what you'll find Waaaaaaaaaay-Down-Insiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide. Cool caves. I always liked going underground. 26:59 that Canola has a lot of edge-lit displays! Just like those used on the Apollo mission control consoles... A thing of beauty, a joy for ever. It would be so cool to see that calculator in action - I wonder if it works.
Love the plugboards in the Univac 120. I have a bunch of IBM type 912 plugboards and they are similar. My dad programed them using jumpers back in the 60s at Collins Radio. He laughed when he saw one had a metallic cover plate securing the jumpers and said they were the only thing that kept other employees from taking his plates and altering them for their own uses. From the serial number of the board in front of me I'd say they weren't scarse.
I lived in Yokosuka in the early 90s while I was in the Navy, and made frequent trips to the Akihabara district of Tokyo. I was always looking around the used electronics shops and looking at the amazing Japanese computer systems that I'd never seen before. I remember the Hard-Off stores!
Getting poetic at the start of the video. Japan is easily the top 3 places I would like to go. It seems like a fascinating place with a fascinating culture. I would love the electronics malls. Would hate what it would cost to ship everything I bought home. Thanks for sharing the experience.
いつも Usagi Electiric を楽しみに見ています。日本へようこそ！ 日本の楽しい動画をありがとうございます。 I always enjoy watching Usagi Electiric. welcome to Japan! Thank you for the fun movie from Japan.
Thank you for taking us along with you on your visit to Japan. Wonderful! A great mix of the geeky stuff and just soaking up the amazing beauty of the place. I loved the deer park. Such beautiful and gentle creatures. We have lots of them around where we live, and enjoy watching them when they decide to come graze in our fields. No getting close to them, though...as soon as they smell our scent, they bound off into the forest. Congrats on the fantastic find of the old Casio AS-A. A rather groundbreaking calculator with a minimalist design that allowed Casio to brag the calculator as the smallest, lightest, and least expensive calculator on the market at the time. It came with some compromises in order to shrink the electronics down to 35 ICs and a handful of discrete components, though. I have some information regarding the Casio AS-A/121-A that you may be interested in . Blessings to you, RIck B. from The Old Calculator Museum.
Been to Nara too, interesting to see how the deer targeted those who was afraid of them rather than those who weren't. Have some lovely (but unfortunately shaky) footage of that.
One of the most hilarious things I've ever seen in Japan was the wild deer on Miyajima wandering up to tourists and eating their maps ;) There seemed to be a lot less of them when we were there back in January (at least compared to the last time we were on Miyajima which was about 2014 IIRC).
you know its kinda interesting, you rave about how beautiful the countryside of japan is. and it really is. but you also say sometimes how hard it is to get to the actually very pretty spots. I live in switzerland, i have countryside like that litterally infront of my door, and it kinda makes me so happy to live here. the japanese landscape and also japanese roadwork really looks similar to what we have over here
Cool video. I used to live in the Okayama/Fukuyama and spent time at the IPU in Okayama so its a bit of a trip down memory lane. Funnily enougth I also have family in Nagoya
@@UsagiElectricI found it in the end (Noda), just returning back to city, fantastic place, lots of calculator history. Well worth the visit, the people especially were so nice!
Funny... A few years ago, a family member would bust out a slice show on their vacation and force people to watch... Now 5,000 flock to watch the same thing on TH-cam 😂
Loads of driving, but also loads of nature! Reminds me of my time (lived there for a year) in NZ as well, that area of the world is one of the most unique places imho. Kinda regret not having visited Japan when so "close by"
I would love to spend a week or two (or maybe even more) in Japan, but I just can't afford it. I love so many things about the country: the technology, the food (at least what I've tried in Japanese restaurants), the music, musical instruments (synthesizers in particular), and audio tech. The language barrier might be hard to break, but since my native language is quite a hard one (Hungarian), I might be able to learn some Japanese as well. Loved all the bits in the video, and I really appreciate you took the effor to share it with us.
Hi David, I enjoyed your video, lucky I didn’t see all these retro collections before my holiday as the family had other things planned. I noted the car and clock museum as I have a synchronous IBM “International” clock and I saw one in the Hotel Nara. I did visit Akihabura though to look for retro junk!😂(a bit wet and humid in early July; - May and September probably better).
Back in the day, the only way to get to Matsuyama was by ferry... but that was a LONG time ago... Also, if you like deer, try Miyajima. Glad y'all had a good time...
I'd love to go there. You even showed us a Facom! I'm a tape TV production gear guy, not as much computers (though I like any tape or media machine) so I'd love to go there several times, especially if I know anyone there.
I'm sure I recognise that woodland gorge area from the (way too many) Japanese otter videos I have watched. I would love to go, not just for the tech, but the gardens, countryside, historic bonsai and the overall culture.
Natsukashii! I used to live on Uchinaa (what the natives call Okinawa) as a child, and would recommend, if you haven't already, that you visit Japan's newest prefecture, Okinawa. The vistas you showed us in Japan are very beautiful. I can't believe you found a Bendix G15 there, and what it was used for was even more incredible. There's so much to see and do, and it takes me back to about 12 years old to see it.
This is certainly an interesting time to make a video about Nara deer. Currently there is a completely mental meme anime involving a girl with deer antlers on her head, and a bunch of deer creepily hanging around and eating senbei. There was even a reference to the deer having a supercomputer network. It all breaks my brain, and now I have to catch up on it.
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Sometimes you just gotta get away. Smashing.
Someday, I'll find that Youth Energy, which is Something to Believe In.
Next time, you should Come Out and Play too!
@@UsagiElectric 😂😂😂
@@UsagiElectric ✋ cool I admire you sir you are mega talented and I am 44 years old but when I was 18 I had to show my ID when I wanted to buy a beer because in the store they assessed me as 13 years old now I deal with pipe computers and I watch your videos with great pleasure they are very interesting👀⭐🏆⭐👍
@@UsagiElectric But you left us So Alone, which has affected my Self Esteem, but I am working on my Bad Habit but It'll be a Long Time before I can also Come out and Play! :D
nice
I always forget that David used to be a translator for Japanese. Makes the museum segments easy lol
Yup! It was good to get back and flex those muscles in the brain again!
Absolutely Nobody: Name three enthusiasms that have absolutely no overlap.
Also nobody: Vintage computers, rabbit keeping, and Japanese culture.
Usagi Electric: Hi!
Don't forget a light sprinkling of race cars!
Three of the four overlap for me even before being introduced to this channel. I did get really into fish keeping and visited some of the famous sites near Osaka, Nagoya and Ojiya. You could get yourself some serious heat stroke visiting in the summer though so make sure to bring plenty of liquids and a parasol because as ubiquitous as convenience stores are in Japan they don’t seem to be around when you really need them outside city centers.
If you like race cars and exotics, head to Nagoya. I spent a year there and every day for several months walking to work downtown meant seeing different rare exotics being driven. A dealership a stones throw from my apartment had a 1974 Datsun that had run at Le Mans. An exotic car dealership had one of the fifty Maserati MC12s. While walking home from Kanayama, a gentleman had his garage door open and he was working on his De Tomoso Pantera and next to it a Lamborghini Countach. A final memory was again just walking to downtown Osaka I passed an open commercial garage where I saw a couple Ferrari 458 Italia GT3s being prepped. One more, I met a young man at a church meeting who was showing me how he used Gran Tourismo on his PSP to practice his lines at Suzuka where he drove for a GT team. A few weeks later after the F1 race he brought me a couple signatures of the F1 drivers.
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@9:46 Thanks for swinging by our meet-up. Had a blast chatting with you and getting to hear some more behind the scenes stories.
Haircut and The offspring, alright let's go.
I was curious how many would catch the reference, and I'm very pleased to see many!
Got it!
@@UsagiElectricyessir!
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what an interesting trip, so much big iron and so much computers!
Thanks! The Bendix G-15 was pretty much the entire reason we flew into Tokyo instead of direct to Nagoya, and boy am I glad I did. Seeing the Facom and Univac as well were both just stunning!
Amazing journey, thanks for showing us the geeky side but also the natural side!
David, that was great. Thank you for sharing it.
Now, I want to go!
Second hand electronics in Japan is generally in very good condition IME, but, exactly as you say, the logistics of getting your haul home does temper the appetite!
For radio amateurs looking for an excuse to go to Japan, I can solidly recommend JARL's HAM Fair, an annual event in August, with lots of rare second hand ham radio gear in superb condition.
Same here, even the stuff labelled as "Junk" often times just works when plugging in. You can find some wildly good deals, so much so that you run out of luggage space real quick, haha.
Beautiful! I really want to visit Japan some day. Also, lots of very cool retro tech. Looking forward to the vids on that calculator!
It really is worth it to go!
I'm also super stoked about that calculator, it's just so cool looking.
I have a few places I want to see in Japan as well; Mt Fuji, Kyoto, and definitely a day trip to Toyosato (yes, I'm one of THOSE anime fans). But I suspect I will never get to go.
Hard Off sounds like a risky name to call a chain of stores.
or worse so, if they named it Hard [ opposite of off ] 🤐
Shikanoko Noko approves this video! 😄
Finally, a video about Japan that shows interesting things!
Cool seeing what the greater vintage computing community looks like in another part of the world.
I really liked seeing all of those machines and the beauty of the land. It was a treat to experience that, thank you for sharing.
Awesome trip. Thanks for sharing it with us!
how awesome is to see proper jdm car content on this channel. epic.
Epic.
One of these days I'll visit Japan, it's something I've always wanted to do.
It's totally worth the trip!
David, thanks for sharing this awesome trip with all of us. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
Thank you so much, that was lovely!
You really did have an epic trip!
It was a ton of fun!
20 years ago (time sure flies...) my partner and I went to Japan on a tour package. Back then I wasn't as into vintage computers and gaming as I am now, so I didn't go to any computer/hardware type places (also while our tour schedule did offer some flexibility, there just wouldn't have been enough time to go to every place I would have wanted to go.) I was (and still am) a huge anime fan though, so we did find some time to traipse through Akiba, which was absolutely amazing. (although since I wasn't as into retro back then, I didn't go to any of the retro gaming/hardware type stores like HARD-OFF, BEEP, etc.) It was the first, and so far only, time, I have ever traveled beyond my local area, and I had the time of my life, and I so desperately want to go back, especially now that I am into retro, and after watching videos such as yours and retrobits' (another TH-camr.)
Just came back from my occasional return to Japan a few days ago to be gifted this video today on my recommendations... I'm stunned on the fact I missed out on all of these thrift shops and museums while being there!
Absolutely epic video as said. Next time I better go check those Hard Off thrift stores...
I love the travelogue style of this video, you should definitely do more of these whenever you visit Japan, this made my entire Sunday, thanks for sharing this 😎👍
a smashing intro
Was looking for this comment. Intro to 'Smash' right there.
I saw the massage chair and immediately understood the assignment!
I absolutely love this video and I would happily keep watching for hours. You have a great skill for this stuff, old boy. 😊
Beautiful Bendix and FACOM, but the Univac takes the cake. I'm certain that the logic modules use thyratrons rather than regular single triodes.
If you found a Wang in a Hard-Off, would it become Hard-On? There's just a ridiculous amount of cool vintage stuff inside, and now I guess Western retro tech youtubers affluent enough to travel to Japan are gonna raid them all, haha. I'd get lost in one of those places and not go out anytime soon. The Japanese counterpart of Ax-Man or Apex Electronics. And speaking of typewriters, I wonder if you spotted any Selectric.
Of course you had to get those 6AU6! Marketed towards audiophiles.
AS-A, a thing of beauty and a joy for ever! Good luck with the deep dive. I wonder what you'll find Waaaaaaaaaay-Down-Insiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide.
Cool caves. I always liked going underground.
26:59 that Canola has a lot of edge-lit displays! Just like those used on the Apollo mission control consoles... A thing of beauty, a joy for ever. It would be so cool to see that calculator in action - I wonder if it works.
What an absolutely brilliant video. I enjoyed it immensely. You sure packed a lot into a short trip!
I've seen tons of videos about Japan but this makes me want to go as much if not more than any of them. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your vacation.
I gotta say im diggin the channel man. Keep it up!
Love the plugboards in the Univac 120. I have a bunch of IBM type 912 plugboards and they are similar. My dad programed them using jumpers back in the 60s at Collins Radio. He laughed when he saw one had a metallic cover plate securing the jumpers and said they were the only thing that kept other employees from taking his plates and altering them for their own uses. From the serial number of the board in front of me I'd say they weren't scarse.
Super cool, man! I really enjoyed this! You proved that Japan is a really neat place and well worth the trip at least once in one lifetime!
That's it, I'm playing Ridgeracer after i finish watching this video.
That's one hell of a trip. Nice.
Thanks!
This was amazing! Thanks for sharing, loved both the tech and the road trip. Can't wait to see inside that Casio too!
I love the oval piston engine bike. Such cool tech.
わあ、すごい！日本の電卓やコンピューターの歴史を紹介してくださって、ありがとうございます。Just got back from Japan myself. Haven’t been to Ridai yet. Next time!
お帰りなさい！
ビデオ見てくれてありがとう！
Thanks for sharing. Absolutely beautiful scenery.
This was a stunning video. Thank you.
Thanks for checking the video out!
Loved it! Thanks for sharing!
One of your best videos so far (and you have SO MANY GOOD ONES!) :)
I lived in Yokosuka in the early 90s while I was in the Navy, and made frequent trips to the Akihabara district of Tokyo. I was always looking around the used electronics shops and looking at the amazing Japanese computer systems that I'd never seen before. I remember the Hard-Off stores!
Those are some nicely assembled vignettes of your road trip, enthusiastically sprinkled with your brand of superlatives - Thanks David!
Thank you for taking me to Japan and share the view of unbelievable nature.
the Good old Offspring record.
The melodies kicked in my head
Just one word: Wonderful!
I'm going to Japan next month. Going to Hard Off was recommended and I can now see why. Nice!
Great-looking trip - I'm so jealous! 😁
Thanks!
I was hoping you would post something from your Japan trip! Thanks!
Getting poetic at the start of the video. Japan is easily the top 3 places I would like to go. It seems like a fascinating place with a fascinating culture. I would love the electronics malls. Would hate what it would cost to ship everything I bought home. Thanks for sharing the experience.
いつも Usagi Electiric を楽しみに見ています。日本へようこそ！ 日本の楽しい動画をありがとうございます。
I always enjoy watching Usagi Electiric. welcome to Japan! Thank you for the fun movie from Japan.
Amazing trip, I want to go more than ever
Thanks!
This is such a fun video to watch, thank you for this :)
Thank you for taking us along with you on your visit to Japan. Wonderful! A great mix of the geeky stuff and just soaking up the amazing beauty of the place. I loved the deer park. Such beautiful and gentle creatures. We have lots of them around where we live, and enjoy watching them when they decide to come graze in our fields. No getting close to them, though...as soon as they smell our scent, they bound off into the forest. Congrats on the fantastic find of the old Casio AS-A. A rather groundbreaking calculator with a minimalist design that allowed Casio to brag the calculator as the smallest, lightest, and least expensive calculator on the market at the time. It came with some compromises in order to shrink the electronics down to 35 ICs and a handful of discrete components, though. I have some information regarding the Casio AS-A/121-A that you may be interested in . Blessings to you, RIck B. from The Old Calculator Museum.
Glad to know that you had a wonderful trip. If possible, make yourself to China one day! We'd be thrilled to have you here😁
Amazing video. Taking notes for my next trip to Japan !. Arigato gozaimasu !!!
I'm glad you were able to take such an incredible trip and I appreciate you sharing it. I'm also a little jealous 😅
love your vids, hi from New Zealand!
Thank you so much!
I would love to visit New Zealand someday, it seems every bit as beautiful as Japan in the countryside!
thanks for sharing this, I really liked it!
Thank you so much!
Been to Nara too, interesting to see how the deer targeted those who was afraid of them rather than those who weren't. Have some lovely (but unfortunately shaky) footage of that.
On topic of caves and gorges, if you can, come to Slovenia.
Totally enjoyed ,wow amazing stuff and views
Such a great album.
Stunning scenery. David has another Bendix machine to get operational. :)
One of the most hilarious things I've ever seen in Japan was the wild deer on Miyajima wandering up to tourists and eating their maps ;) There seemed to be a lot less of them when we were there back in January (at least compared to the last time we were on Miyajima which was about 2014 IIRC).
Thanks for sharing video of trip!
Was really interesting. And dreaming about my trip to Japan one day too.
Thanks for checking the video out!
Definitely get there some day, it's totally worth it!
you know its kinda interesting, you rave about how beautiful the countryside of japan is. and it really is.
but you also say sometimes how hard it is to get to the actually very pretty spots. I live in switzerland, i have countryside like that litterally infront of my door, and it kinda makes me so happy to live here.
the japanese landscape and also japanese roadwork really looks similar to what we have over here
i think it has something with the Mountains, these change perspective a lot, i as a bavarian Love Switzerland too.
IKR, I live in Southern Switzerland and when I visited Japan I was like "12 hours on a plane and I'm basically home" :D
Haircut?!?!?! lol Thanks for the video.
Japanese barbers are legendarily good, I had to swing by my favorite shop and get it all chopped off!
Dude, you clean up pretty good!
Great video enjoyed the scenery.
Ahaha! I finally got to see the cheater bike! Awesome!! David, this video is right down my alley. You hit every freaking interests I have!!
Cool video. I used to live in the Okayama/Fukuyama and spent time at the IPU in Okayama so its a bit of a trip down memory lane. Funnily enougth I also have family in Nagoya
Noticed the Hikoki film projector too :) Cool!
Japanese cars, computer and electronics, what's not to love! My idea of a trip!
What an amazing trip!!!
Epic production, heading there next month !!
Thank you so much, and enjoy your trip!
@@UsagiElectric Just curious, is the TUS museum the one at Shinjuku (1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan) ?
@@UsagiElectricI found it in the end (Noda), just returning back to city, fantastic place, lots of calculator history. Well worth the visit, the people especially were so nice!
Yay! The Parametron has been featured~ I wonder how hard they could be to make...
Epic trip, very jealous!
Funny... A few years ago, a family member would bust out a slice show on their vacation and force people to watch... Now 5,000 flock to watch the same thing on TH-cam 😂
Totally agree that Japan is a stunning beautiful country. Love everything there, the people, the culture, the landscape, the food...
Oh man, the food. They eat so healthy, but it's just so delicious that while I was there, I actually gained like 3kg!
Awesome video! You should do more travel videos.
00:36 - *Welcome to the Rice Fields* 😎
Surely you meant at 22:50?
Loads of driving, but also loads of nature! Reminds me of my time (lived there for a year) in NZ as well, that area of the world is one of the most unique places imho. Kinda regret not having visited Japan when so "close by"
I will get to Japan one day. I watch car camping videos from Japanese creators and the people and scenery are just awesome.
I would love to spend a week or two (or maybe even more) in Japan, but I just can't afford it. I love so many things about the country: the technology, the food (at least what I've tried in Japanese restaurants), the music, musical instruments (synthesizers in particular), and audio tech. The language barrier might be hard to break, but since my native language is quite a hard one (Hungarian), I might be able to learn some Japanese as well. Loved all the bits in the video, and I really appreciate you took the effor to share it with us.
11:41 - when you see it ;)
No need to turn the display upside down too! magic!
Awesome!!
Thanks!
Hi David, I enjoyed your video,
lucky I didn’t see all these retro collections before my holiday as the family had other things planned. I noted the car and clock museum as I have a synchronous IBM “International” clock and I saw one in the Hotel Nara. I did visit Akihabura though to look for retro junk!😂(a bit wet and humid in early July; - May and September probably better).
This was an EPIC video.
I love how the TX-85 had the date (Showa) 60.12.17 which translates to 1985.12.17. Love that.....
Back in the day, the only way to get to Matsuyama was by ferry... but that was a LONG time ago... Also, if you like deer, try Miyajima. Glad y'all had a good time...
FSK computer. Neat!
Oh yeah, the Facom is a wild machine, and I definitely intend to dig deeper into Parametrons in the future!
Deers!, nokonoko koshitantan!
I'd love to go there. You even showed us a Facom! I'm a tape TV production gear guy, not as much computers (though I like any tape or media machine) so I'd love to go there several times, especially if I know anyone there.
I'm sure I recognise that woodland gorge area from the (way too many) Japanese otter videos I have watched. I would love to go, not just for the tech, but the gardens, countryside, historic bonsai and the overall culture.
Natsukashii! I used to live on Uchinaa (what the natives call Okinawa) as a child, and would recommend, if you haven't already, that you visit Japan's newest prefecture, Okinawa. The vistas you showed us in Japan are very beautiful. I can't believe you found a Bendix G15 there, and what it was used for was even more incredible. There's so much to see and do, and it takes me back to about 12 years old to see it.
Awesome!!!
So glad to watch these happy moments you spent in Japan.
Did you buy only two vacuum tubes? dozens of them fit in any luggage
This is certainly an interesting time to make a video about Nara deer. Currently there is a completely mental meme anime involving a girl with deer antlers on her head, and a bunch of deer creepily hanging around and eating senbei. There was even a reference to the deer having a supercomputer network. It all breaks my brain, and now I have to catch up on it.
I used to listen to The Offspring 's Smash waaaaaay too much when it came out. 😊